Bonar, James Alexander, 1840-1901

Merchant, shipping agent, company director, politician, Superintendent of Westland. See DNZB (Vol 2, 1870-1900, p49-50) Note on back of file print reads: "Legislative Council 1894. (Apphd [?] 1868). M. Ella Margaret Bell 1875."

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Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Jul-Dec 1879

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-092

Description: Identified persons entered under Name below; also includes letter from William Lees Bell with sketches of changes to his church's interior; conveyance, Buccleugh district, Hall to Messrs Brown and Allen; proposal to form a sugar company; letter from D [?] Inwood, Christchurch; sale notice, Glendore Estate, near Coalgate and Homebush; introduction for [?] M M Page Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Aug-Sep 1868

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-046

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter from Kawau Island listing non-indigenous birds (African geese, English pheasants, California quail) and animals (kangaroos, silver grey rabbits) and decoy ducks available to Hall; letter from [?] J W McGowan, Melbourne Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Apr-May 1868

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-044

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter from G F [?] Muskew, Avonside, Christchurch, re employment Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Jan-Mar 1868

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-043

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes notes relating to appointments; letter from [?] McKenna, Christchurch, looking for work and had served in the 65th Regiment; anonymous letter from Hokitika re West Coast affairs; and letter from I or J LeCren, Timaru Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Oct-Dec 1867

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-040

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from H J LeCren, Timaru; J [?] McManus, Christchurch; [?] George Could, Cookham House, Christchurch; and C [?] Whiteford, Westport Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Mar 1883

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 82-355-01/3

Description: Identified correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Apr-May 1891

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-176

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Jul-Dec 1870

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-057

Description: Most correspondents identified; also includes letter from J or I Ford, Anama Station and peition of Heathcote electors, Prebbleton, calling for a political meeting Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Feb 1883

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 82-355-01/2

Description: Identified correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Nov-Dec 1868

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-048

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes telegrams, ciruclar relating to the late Duke of Montrose and the post office, a petition to call a public meeting in Prebbleton, a note re Robert Hall's burial plot in the Church of England cemetery, recipe for Russell's mixture and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

New Zealand correspondence - Inward

Date: [ca 1865-1902]

From: Rolleston family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0446-028

Description: Name field includes names of some correspondents Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Jun-Dec 1869

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-053

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from [?] Cargill, P Le [?] Querne, letter from John Hall re Muter, a lighthouse keeper who had an alcohol problem and from [?] Nanny Fitz Gerald, Wellington regarding Hall finding a job for C J Berry Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Oct-Nov 1895

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-214

Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Jan 1869

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-051

Description: Identified persons entered under Name Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Jun-Jul 1868

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-045

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter listing the 18th Royal Irish Regiment on detachment; and letter from G F [?] Marken, Christchurch, looking for work Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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James Alexander Bonar

Date: [ca 1894]

From: General Assembly Library :Parliamentary portraits

Reference: 35mm-00132-e-F

Description: James Alexander Bonar, circa 1894. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative